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Eager Beaver Beaver Theodosakis, founder of prAna, answers readers' questions		20 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Beaver Theodosakis, founder of prAna. On the prAna website, only a small minority of items are listed as organic. Is there a practical barrier to going all-organic with your cotton apparel? -- Shawn Severance, Ann Arbor, Mich. Many of our products are not cotton. Because our business is grounded in outdoor activities and yoga, technical attributes -- like moisture management -- are a must in many cases, ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Leave It to Beaver Beaver Theodosakis, founder of prAna, answers Grist's questions		17 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Beaver Theodosakis. What work do you do? I'm founder and president of prAna. What does your business do? prAna's core business is men's and women's lifestyle apparel and accessories. The brand -- grown from deep roots in rock climbing and yoga -- has always strived for positive change and is grounded in the ideas of sustainability, in terms of the materials we use and the energy consumed to produce the ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Turn the Meat Around Conservationists pay to end hunting in western Canada wilderness		15 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Turn the Meat Around Conservationists pay to end hunting in western Canada wilderness The Raincoast Conservation Foundation opposes sport hunting, and it's putting its money where its mouth is: It purchased key hunting rights to a prime wilderness area along the coast of British Columbia, and plans to end sport hunting there for good. In late November, the group bought out the g ...
Topics: Canada, environmental non-government organizations, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Hike Messenger Population activist David Nova took his message to the trail	Sarah van Schagen	14 Dec 2005	Main Dish
David Nova. While camping alone in the Mojave Desert three years ago, David Nova was suddenly struck by the lack of human influence -- no buildings, no streetlights, no cars, all the way to the horizon. It wasn't the first time the avid hiker had thought about the effects of population on the environment, but it was the moment he decided he could do something about it. A longtime socia ...
Topics: green living, outdoor recreation, population, West Coast (all these topics)

Can't Hear the Forest for the ORVs Forest Service unveils new off-road vehicle rules		03 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Can't Hear the Forest for the ORVs Forest Service unveils new off-road vehicle rules The U.S. Forest Service says its new off-road vehicle (ORV) policy, announced yesterday, will set limits on where the noisy, pollution-spewing machines can be used in national forests -- but conservationists say that's not good enough. The new rule sets no overarching standard for ORV use in the nation's 155 n ...
Topics: national forests, news, outdoor recreation, US Forest Service (all these topics)

Aspen Backwards Colorado's ski industry says global warming won't stop the shredding		17 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Aspen Backwards Colorado's ski industry says global warming won't stop the shredding Colorado's lucrative ski industry claims it's got no worries about global warming, saying the state's high altitudes and remarkably cold winters will keep things white and wonderful. Others think the sector's got its collective head stuck up its snowpack. "Heavens, I think that's shortsighted," said Idaho ski-industry consultan ...
Topics: Colorado, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Smokey and Mirrors Feds cut estimated economic worth of recreation in national forests		16 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Smokey and Mirrors Feds cut estimated economic worth of recreation in national forests During the Clinton administration, the U.S. Forest Service estimated that by the year 2000, recreation in national forests would contribute about $111 billion a year to the American economy. Now the Bush administration has slashed that estimate by a whopping $100 billion for 2002, down to $11 billion. According to agency offici ...
Topics: national forests, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Pup Tense Parks ban dogs from hiking trails to protect wildlife		12 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Pup Tense Parks ban dogs from hiking trails to protect wildlife You might find it heartwarming to see Rover frolicking in the wilderness, but residents of the backcountry may not share your joy. Hiking with dogs is hugely popular, but some park rangers and biologists worry hikers don't follow the rules, letting their dogs run riot and hound (heh) wildlife. Pups were recently banned from all but one trail in a North ...
Topics: national parks, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Let Down Your Giardia Filtering water may not be the answer to most backcountry illnesses		27 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
Let Down Your Giardia Filtering water may not be the answer to most backcountry illnesses Went to the backwoods and ended up with a case of the runs? You probably blamed the water. But according to some medical and wilderness professionals, it is poor personal hygiene, not unsafe water, that usually bedevils the bowels of wilderness backpackers. Medical researcher and avid outdoorsnik Bob Derlet has tested water a ...
Topics: news, outdoor recreation, water pollution (all these topics)

Diamonds Are Forever Swiss glacier to be wrapped up, saved for later		05 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Diamonds Are Forever Swiss glacier to be wrapped up, saved for later A Swiss ski resort worried about global warming's ill effects on its future is taking matters into its own mittened hands. At the ski season's end in May, the Andermatt resort will cover some 32,200 square feet of the Gurschen glacier with an insulating PVC foam in hopes of keeping its black diamonds from melting in ...
Topics: climate, environmental planning, news, outdoor recreation, Switzerland (all these topics)

Gale Polish Norton has a gay old time snowmobiling in Yellowstone		17 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Gale Polish Norton has a gay old time snowmobiling in Yellowstone The debate over snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park has taken a decidedly Potemkin turn. This week, Interior Secretary Gale Norton visited the park to give the vehicles a personal endorsement, fleecing up for a three-hour ride through sub-zero temperatures. Though two National Park Service environmental assessments have ...
Topics: National Park Service, national parks, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

What's Bad for the Goose Is Good for the Pander Presidential candidates woo outdoor enthusiasts		27 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
What's Bad for the Goose Is Good for the Pander Presidential candidates woo outdoor enthusiasts Ah, to be a member of a voting bloc in a swing state. It must make you feel so special. One such group being assiduously wooed by campaigning presidential hopefuls is the hook-and-bullet crowd, a.k.a. the hunters and anglers. Traditionally conservative sportsfolks are concentrated in states crucial to t ...
Topics: elections, outdoor recreation, politics, United States (all these topics)

Ban Ban Federal judge repeals Clinton snowmobile ban		18 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Ban Ban Federal judge repeals Clinton snowmobile ban The latest chapter has opened in what has become a sort of mini-Iliad for our times: the battle over snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. On Friday, a federal judge in Wyoming, Clarence Brimmer, struck down the ban on snowmobiles in the parks put in place toward the end of Clinton's second term. The ban, he wrote in his opin ...
Topics: national parks, outdoor recreation, politics, Wyoming (all these topics)

Don't Be a Bad Sport New Study Says Recreational Fishing Harms Endangered Species		27 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Don't Be a Bad Sport New Study Says Recreational Fishing Harms Endangered Species When it comes to overfishing and the depletion of stocks of threatened and endangered fish species, the focus is usually on commercial fishing. But a new study published today in the journal Science claims that recreational fishing has a much larger impact on those stocks than previously assumed. A team of researchers analyzed ...
Topics: marine life, outdoor recreation, United States (all these topics)

Powder Puffery New Report Blasts Ski Industry's Voluntary Environmental Program		25 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Read more about: outdoor recreation Powder Puffery New Report Blasts Ski Industry's Voluntary Environmental Program The National Ski Areas Association unveiled its voluntary Sustainable Slopes Program in 2000 with great fanfare. "Regulations only help you avoid the worst," said NSAA's Geraldine Link, "and a voluntary program like this can only bring out the best in terms of environmental compliance." Uh ... not so much. A new study concludes that not only is the program in ...
Topics: outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Enough With the Snowmobiles Already Bush Administration Pushes for Snowmobiles in Yellowstone -- Again		19 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Enough With the Snowmobiles Already Bush Administration Pushes for Snowmobiles in Yellowstone -- Again The saga of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park contains more twists and turns than a Grisham novel. Only without the sex. Or violence. But plenty of lawsuits! And snowmobiles! The latest: The Bush administration unveiled a plan today that would allow up to 720 snowmobiles into Yellowstone each ...
Topics: national parks, outdoor recreation, United States (all these topics)

Snow News Day Yellowstone Snowmobile Saga Gets Even More Convoluted		18 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental justice, national parks, outdoor recreation, placemaking, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Snowmobefuddlement Judge Issues Yet Another Reversal of Yellowstone Snowmobile Ban		11 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Snowmobefuddlement Judge Issues Yet Another Reversal of Yellowstone Snowmobile Ban An already-confusing winter for tourists and tour operators in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks got more muddled yesterday, when a federal judge overturned severe restrictions on snowmobiling in the parks. For those of you keeping score at home, a quick rundown of the ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, environmental justice, national parks, outdoor recreation, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Wet's It to You?		02 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Wet's It to You? Goods and services provided by wetlands across the globe are worth some $70 billion, claims a new study released by the World Wildlife Fund, but those wetlands are in danger of being destroyed. Valuable wetland functions range from recreation to water filtration and flood control; however, insufficient knowledge about wetlands leads policy-makers t ...
Topics: outdoor recreation, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Shout, Trout, Let It All Out Western Hunters and Anglers Oppose Energy Bill		29 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Shout, Trout, Let It All Out Western Hunters and Anglers Oppose Energy Bill A group of outdoor enthusiasts descended on Washington, D.C., Wednesday to lobby against attempts by Republicans to revive the omnibus energy bill, defeated in the Senate last year. They object to provisions in the bill that would drastically increase oil ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, marine life, outdoor recreation, political groups, politics, West, wildlife (all these topics)

Judge to Bush: Are You Yellowstoned? Federal Judge Reinstates Clinton Snowmobile Ban in Yellowstone		17 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Judge to Bush: Are You Yellowstoned? Federal Judge Reinstates Clinton Snowmobile Ban in Yellowstone In a sharply worded ruling issued just hours before the start of the winter snowmobiling season in Yellowstone National Park, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan nixed the Bush administration's plans to allow nearly 1,000 snowmobiles in the park every day. The 49-page ruling pointed out that ...
Topics: national parks, outdoor recreation, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Let 'em Snowmobile, Let 'em Snowmobile, Let 'em Snowmobile Bush Administration Will Allow Snowmobiles in Yellowstone		12 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Let 'em Snowmobile, Let 'em Snowmobile, Let 'em Snowmobile Bush Administration Will Allow Snowmobiles in Yellowstone Snowmobiles will be welcome to keep zooming through Yellowstone National Park, the Bush administration announced yesterday, despite tens of thousands of public comments calling for the vehicles to be phased out from the oldest national park in the U.S. Final rules released yesterday on the issue ...
Topics: national parks, outdoor recreation, politics (all these topics)

Hail to the Reef Australia to Protect One-Third of Great Barrier Reef		05 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Hail to the Reef Australia to Protect One-Third of Great Barrier Reef In a major boon to Down Under ecology, fully one-third of the Great Barrier Reef will receive protection, the Australian government announced this week. The move will increase the protected areas of the reef by 40,000 square miles, thereby establishing the lar ...
Topics: Australia, climate, energy, international government agencies, marine life, oceans, outdoor recreation, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Skiing Downhill Global Climate Change Could Spell End of Winter Sports Industry		03 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Skiing Downhill Global Climate Change Could Spell End of Winter Sports Industry Bad news for ski bums: As global climate change heats up the planet and pushes snow lines ever higher, many winter resorts in Europe might have to shut down. Less expensive, low-altitude destinations will be particularly hard hit, with some slopes in Italy, Austria, and Germany already suffering from la ...
Topics: climate, European Union, outdoor recreation, Switzerland, United Nations (all these topics)

Jock Itch Environmental Problems Alarm Athletes		14 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Jock Itch Environmental Problems Alarm Athletes Here's a new green group you may want to join: Jocks for the Environment. Actually, that group doesn't exist, but people who might identify with the description are gathering today in Tokyo for the Global Forum for Sport and the Environment. Participants (including Greg LeMond, three-time Tour de France winner ...
Topics: air pollution, environmental non-government organizations, outdoor recreation, pollution and waste (all these topics)

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